No sir, I am not. I'm sorry to hear you aren't feeling well. When I was younger I would get really sick during cold and flu season. Now, I eat lots of spicy food, and chili peppers, so I don't get sick too often.

I have never had pneumonia, but last week one of my coworkers was home a few days with strep throat. TODAY....by the time work was over I find myself going home with a tad bit of a sore throat, not bad just that nasty little feeling I'm coming down with something.

If I get strep throat...I will drag myself out of bed just to smack him in the head with a shovel.

I am sick. Nasty tasting yellow phlegm is my only symptom. I've managed to keep myself unconcious for most of the day w/ cough syrup.

Why don't perscription cough syrups list ingredients? I'd like to know what I'm taking. Is there an expectorant? I would assume benadryl is involved, and dxm, but it would sure be novel to have some real info!
but really, thanks for leaving me in the dark, doc.

Oh well, whatever is in it, if I drink twice the recommended dose it is easy to sleep..

Too much of that stuff and I'm bouncing off walls with a heart rate of 300bpm!

Take care.

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yeah man that is impossible - a persons max heart rate is calculated by subtracting your age from 220. ie if your 23 (like me) your max heart rate is 197. thats not to say it wont go a bit over like 200-205 or something but that would be extremely rare. when you excercise you should only reach like 70-80% of you max heartrate.

It is certainly quite possible to have a heart rate well over 200 in a 20 y/o. Have seen it many times

Most expectorants are generally prescribed as pacifier therapy, they rarely offer much relief if any. Be careful of double triple dosing, the emetic (dosed at the subemetic level for expectorants) will make you puke your guts up.